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Thousands take to the streets of Niamey, the Nigerien capital, to demand the removal of French troops from the country. Niger has braced for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the west African countries new military rulers and its traditional European ally. France has around 1,500 troops in Niger, many of them stationed at an airbase near the capital, deployed to help fight jihadist insurgency. IMAGES
Georgians rally outside the parliament in capital Tbilisi despite the ruling party's promise to drop a controversial "foreign agent" bill reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics. IMAGES
Washington, Nov 14 (EFE).- Tens of thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump took to the streets of the US capital on Saturday to protest the alleged theft of the Nov. 3 election, which saw the Republican incumbent's bid for a second term thwarted by Democratic challenger Joe Biden.Participants began streaming into Washington's Freedom Plaza at dawn and hundreds were present when the presidential motorcade made a circuit of the square en route from the White House to Trump's golf club in Virginia.(Camera: WILL OLIVER / CARLOS VILAS)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS TO SUPPORT US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN WASHINGTON, US.
Protesters fill Dhaka streets as they demonstrate against France and president Emmanuel Macron. Macron sparked protests across the Muslim world after the murder last month of teacher Samuel Paty -- who had shown his class a cartoon of Mohammed -- by saying France would never renounce its laws permitting blasphemous caricatures. IMAGES
At least tens of thousands and possibly more Belarusian protesters stage a peaceful march in the capital Minsk, keeping the pressure on strongman Alexander Lukashenko who has refused to quit after his disputed re-election, turning instead to Russia for help to stay in power. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people rally in Mali's capital Bamako to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, heeding the call of the country's newly resurgent opposition. AERIAL IMAGES